Middleton Junction railway station
[4] The station was located at Lane End in Chadderton, a former hamlet which later adopted the place-name Middleton Junction after the area expanded after the opening of the railway.The station site was immediately north of where Grimshaw Lane (now the B6189) crossed the railway[5] The station appears to have opened with three platforms, two either side of the mainline and one on the mainline side of the track of the sharply curved branch.[5] The station was rebuilt in 1882 and by 1893 there were buildings on all what was now four platforms, two sidings in the 'v' of the junction and a goods yard with a shed to the south west of the mainline.[12] The line from Chadderton Junction to Oldham was closed to regular passengers in 1958 although some diverted services used it in 1960 and completely on 7 January 1963.[4] The Chadderton goods and coal depot remained open and in use until 1988 (the track was eventually lifted in September 1991).